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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “venture”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the public interest technology university network challenge fund for subgranting for curricula development, research agendas, and experiential learning programs to create a pip…
Largest: $562,500 to LIBERATION VENTURES — 82687 supporting liberation ventures in helping strengthen the reparations field and establish an inclusive, multiracial democracy --transfer grant
Largest: $650,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the alaska venture fund
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
76 matching grants · $35.7M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to Social Good Fund Inc — to provide support for hbcuvc's fellowship program that creates experiential pathways in venture capital for black latinx and indigenous students to foster racial diversity within …
Largest: $15.6M to NEW VENTURE FUND — agricultural development; empower women and girls; enteric and diarrheal diseases; family planning; financial services for the poor; global health and development public awareness …
Largest: $458,187 to NON-TRIVIAL VENTURES — expand its online fellowship and scholarship program
Largest: $800,000 to Camelback Ventures Inc — to incubate 40 diverse entrepreneurs to develop and launch education ventures through the camelback fellowship and to convene communications and thought leaders and influential fun…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
71 matching grants · $17.9M · through 2024Largest: $255,312 to NEW VENTURE FUND — engage vulnerable workers in self-advocacy to improve their working conditions by developing the digital infrastructure needed for decentralized engagement and peer support; and pr…
Largest: $250,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — the independent strategic research collaborative (isrc) education fund
VilcapHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
71 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to LULO VENTURES INC — financial support for early-stage social venture committed to promoting equity and economic well-being.
Largest: $10,000 to New Venture Fund — to support the alaska venture fund.
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $7.3M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support the alaska venture fund's western arctic program
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →